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Eswatini

Official language: English , siSwati
Currency: Lilangani
Capital City:
Area: km²
Subregional membership(s): Southern Africa, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Southern African Development Community (SADC), Land-locked Countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, Non-Oil Producing

1148.1K

₂₀₁₉

Mid-year population

4.4B

₂₀₁₇

GDP at current prices, USD

53.9

₂₀₁₇

Under five mortality rate

105.0

₂₀₁₆

Primary enrolment ratio

Population and migration

United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)	4.69	4.83	5.04	5.53	6.02	6.51	6.93	7.21	7.28
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)	9.24	9.24	9.24	9.24	9.87	9.87	9.87
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)	357.0	371.1	386.1	401.2	415.7	428.5	439.3	447.8	453.9
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)	319.8	329.9	340.8	351.8	362.5	372.1	380.3	387.0	392.1
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)	337.0	349.0	361.9	375.0	387.5	398.7	408.2	415.8	421.3
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 0-4 (%)					43.05		42.21
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 10-14 (%)					38.22		37.59
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 15-19 (%)					36.47		37.66
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 20-24 (%)					44.24		44.87
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 25-29 (%)					62.51		58.73
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 30-34 (%)					74.27		70.14
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 35-39 (%)					71.05		71.05
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 40-44 (%)					62.72		64.19
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 45-49 (%)					54.53		55.93
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 5-9 (%)					41.65		39.69
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 50-54 (%)					46.62		47.39
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 55-59 (%)					38.22		39.20
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 60-64 (%)					29.61		30.94
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 65+ (%)					56.77		60.48
Population - Female (%)	355.53	355.18
Population - Female (thousands)	3,956	3,968	3,978	3,989	4,003	4,021	4,043	4,068	4,097
Population - Male (thousands)	3,548	3,587	3,630	3,676	3,726	3,777	3,831	3,886	3,940
Population - Total (thousands)	7,504	7,555	7,608	7,665	7,728	7,798	7,874	7,954	8,037
Population - Urban (%)	158.90	159.60	161.00	161.70	163.10	164.50	165.20	166.60	168.00
Population - Urban (%)	158.90	159.60	161.00	161.70	163.10	164.50	165.20
Population - Urban (thousands)	1,946	1,995	2,044	2,100	2,149	2,205	2,261
Total fertility rate (per woman)	22.8	22.3	22.0	21.7	21.4	21.3	21.1	20.9	20.7

Health

United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank, World Health Organization

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 adolescent women aged 15-19 - Female (per 1,000 population)			609.0
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)	2,926	2,800	2,891	2,800	2,723
Neo-natal mortality (Per 1,000 live births)	142.1	138.6	135.1	130.9	127.4	124.6	121.8
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)	679.00	679.00	679.00	679.00
Prevalence of undernourishment (%)	170.80	175.70	182.70	185.50	187.60
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)	609.00	539.00	595.00
Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (%)	170.80	175.70	182.70	185.50	187.60
Proportion of population using improved drinking water source - Total (%)	504.00	518.00	518.00	518.00	518.00
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)	399.00	406.00	406.00	406.00	406.00
Under-five mortality rate (Per 1,000 live births)	553.7	508.2	473.2	438.2	424.9

Education

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)					612.50
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)					612.08
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)					612.29
Gender parity index for achievement in mathematics by the end of primary (ratio)
Gender parity index for achievement in reading by the end of primary (ratio)
Gender parity index for participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (ratio)	6.9
Gender parity index of teachers in pre-primary education who are trained (ratio)	6.3
Gender parity index of teachers in primary education who are trained (ratio)	7.4	7.6	7.4	7.3
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)	761.39	742.56	733.25	728.98	720.51	703.15
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)	847.98	814.03	804.72	797.79	789.32	766.71
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)	784.63	778.40	769.09	763.49	755.09	735.07
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)	413.42	416.92	429.24	450.24	467.81	501.90
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)	425.25	434.84	440.16	456.40	470.75	510.23
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)	419.37	425.88	434.70	453.32	469.28	506.10
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)	42.63		38.50
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)	40.88		36.89
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)	41.72		37.66
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Female (%)	512.54	512.19	469.77
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Male (%)	495.18	489.02	446.39
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Total (%)	503.79	491.40	448.14	515.97	539.07	645.40
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)					663.39
Low to high socio-economic parity status index for achievement in mathematics by the end of primary (ratio)
Low to high socio-economic parity status index for achievement in reading by the end of primary (ratio)
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)	49.7	49.7	49.7	49.7
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)		547.68	529.97	536.48	530.25	525.98
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)		563.99	536.20	541.66	535.92	534.52
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)	577.64	555.87	533.12	539.07	533.12	530.25
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)	263.34	266.84	263.41	278.60	289.73
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)	225.75	224.56	214.13	218.68	225.12
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)	244.44	245.70	238.70	248.64	257.39
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (%)	122.71
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) - Female (%)	122.15
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) - Male (%)	123.20
Proportion of children at the end of primary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics (%)
Proportion of children at the end of primary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics - Female (%)
Proportion of children at the end of primary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics - Male (%)
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)		203.4	196.7	196.2	193.1	190.9
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)		115.8	112.0	111.3	110.6	108.9
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)			122.9
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)	6.2	6.4
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)	6.7	6.9
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)	7.1		7.3
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%)				7.00
Rural to urban parity index for achievement in mathematics by the end of primary (ratio)
Rural to urban parity index for achievement in reading by the end of primary (ratio)
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)	53.3	52.4	51.9	51.8	51.5	50.4
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)	59.3	57.5	57.1	56.9	56.6	55.3
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)	56.3	55.0	54.5	54.4	54.0	52.9
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)	12.1	20.9	21.4	22.5	23.4	25.1
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)	21.1	21.8	22.0	22.8	23.6	25.6
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)	20.9	21.4	21.7	22.7	23.5	25.4
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)	2.1		2.1
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)	2.0		2.0
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)	2.1		2.1
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)		541.59	570.43	577.43	592.62
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)		505.33	529.34	531.58	534.52
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)		522.97	549.15	553.56	562.24

National accounts

United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - National Currency (billions)	245.0	277.2	308.2	332.5	359.1	383.1	411.5
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - US dollars (billions)	33.7	33.8	31.9	30.6	28.1	26.0	30.9

Prices

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100	742.77	809.13	854.63	903.21	947.94	1,022	1,086	1,138	1,168
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)	42.77	62.58	39.34	39.76	34.65	54.95	43.54	33.67	18.20
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year	54.32	57.89	30.94	43.19	34.37	60.76	32.97	36.54	14.00
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period	42.77	62.58	39.34	39.76	34.65	54.95	43.54	33.67	18.20
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)	54.32	57.89	30.80	43.33	34.51	62.65	45.50
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)	1,537	1,664	1,737	1,844	1,935	2,109	2,246

Energy

African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Coal - Consumption, Tonnes (thousands)			0.1	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)		1,155	1,155	875	1,456	1,512	1,575
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)	8,980	8,721	8,591
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)	1,214	259.7	1,932	2,240	2,429	2,464	2,506
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)	2,208	0	865.9	2,205	2,254	2,317	2,380
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)	1,481	1,906	1,679	1,484	1,512	1,547	1,575
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)		1,351	1,519	1,925	1,960	1,995	2,030
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)	1,930	1,966	2,071	2,071	2,071	2,071
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)	4,903	2,166	2,859	4,004	6,202	6,328	6,461

Tourism

World Bank, World Tourism Organization, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)	273.0	343.0	392.0	476.0	476.0	266.0
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	4.13	11.13	1.47	5.11	5.18	5.25
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)	70.7	203.7	29.4	109.2	99.4	92.4	92.4
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)	9,296	8,946	9,093	9,275	8,792	8,953	9,401
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)	18.0	16.3	18.4	18.6	18.7	19.1	20.9
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)	20.37	26.04	26.67	27.51	26.18		39.90
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)	24.15	31.71	32.06	33.74	32.20		48.30

Transport

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Paved Road (% of total) (%)	294.00	307.30	315.00	315.00
Total length of railways (kilometre)	2,100	2,100	2,100	2,100

Information society

United Nations Statistics Division, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (%)	4.62	1.96	2.38	2.80	3.29
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (10MB) (%)		0.00
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (256KL2M) (%)	1.26	1.47
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (2L10MB) (%)	0.35	0.49
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	49.49	29.54	29.61	28.35	27.23	26.39	25.55
Internet users per 100 inhabitants (%)	126.91	145.46	172.90	183.26	179.48	199.99	329.00
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)	5,365,780	5,635,000	6,251,000	6,417,600	6,587,000	6,965,000	7,364,000
Number of fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (10MB) (thousands)		0.0
Number of fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (256KL2M) (thousands)	15.1	18.2
Number of fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (2L10MB) (thousands)	4.4	5.8
Number of fixed Internet broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (thousands)	56.2	24.0	29.4	35.7	42.0
Proportion of individuals using the Internet (%)	126.91	145.46	172.90	189.70	212.66
Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G mobile network (%)	664.30	677.60
Proportion of population covered by at least a 3G mobile network (%)	427.00	497.00		147.00	147.00
Proportion of population covered by at least a 4G mobile network (%)				0.00	0.00
Total official development assistance for biodiversity, by recipient - US dollars (billions)	0.5	1.9	0.6	0.7	0.0

International trade

International Road Federation, World Bank

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020

Banking, insurance, financial statistics

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Deposit rate (%) (%)	19.95	17.22	14.56	14.98	15.89
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	50.82	57.47	67.62	75.95	89.32
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	50.82	57.47	67.62	75.95	89.32	102.97	93.24	92.61	101.15
Interest rate - Lending (%)	63.00	61.25	59.50	60.41	63.28

Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics

World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)	19.8	16.6	13.0	11.8	12.0	15.7	15.5
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Net ODA - Per capita (US dollars)	708.96	502.6	648.48	466.83	491.61	768.67	750.47
Net ODA - US dollars (millions)	868.6	627.3	824.5	604.6	648.4	1,032	1,026
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)	99.54	101.85	103.88	98.00	134.40	181.79	204.12	244.02	287.77

Balance of payments

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic Commission for Africa

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Capital Account net - US dollars (billions)	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Compensation of employees - US dollars (millions)	221.5	210.4	430.4	243.4	241.7	198.4	312.9
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)	7.14	89.11	135.38	151.34	186.90	116.69	102.48
Current account balance - US dollars (millions)	297.2	4,090	5,386	5,363	5,141	3,787	3,876
Errors and omissions - US dollars (millions)	758.1	-207.1	725.2	528.0
Financial Account net - US dollars (millions)	-1,470.6	1,669	2,537	2,091
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, US dollars (millions)	758.7	220.7	592.7	178.7	289.2	147.8	-957.4
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, US dollars (millions)	6,792	7,502	5,783	4,752	3,886	3,812
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, US dollars (millions)	15.2	-52.6	-31.0	3.8	-6.1	-37.9	21.8
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, US dollars (millions)	722.2	643.2	246.9	164.1	185.8	191.8
Portfolio Investment (Net) - US dollars (millions)	726.1	91.9	1,658	15.8
Primary income (Net) - US dollars (millions)	-175.2	-149.1	308.7	80.7	370.3	-107.1	-271.7
Secondary income (Net) - US dollars (millions)	2,641	5,279	5,250	5,180	4,397	3,222	4,206
Services Balance - US dollars (millions)	-766.2	-638.2	-1,441.7	-1,423.9	-865.3	-1,099.3	-1,658.1
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)				32.90
Trade balance - US dollars (millions)	-1,401.9	-401.2	1,268	1,527	1,239	1,772	1,600
Workers remittances (Net) - US dollars (millions)	6.5	-107.8	16.5	17.2

Environment

United Nations Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)	7,342
CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per $1 GDP (PPP) (Kilograms)	1.05
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)	21.70	25.90	8.40
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)					238.70
Land area covered by forest (%)

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